J.C. An unlikely love story (Thrawnxf!reader)

Worrisome on the horizon

You're positively mortified.

Passing out in Thrawn's arms.

How shining is that?!

The last thing you remember is losing consciousness of exhaustion in your room, in his arms and the first is waking up at the medbay, transfused with something and the meddroïd chastising you about how sleep is important.

You press the bridge of your nose with a sigh. Humiliated. That's what you are. A chance you didn't cross paths with Thrawn after, you would either melt on the spot of shame or slap him across the face. But he was already back on the Chimaera by then.

"Ma'am, are you alright?" You turn your head towards Ryakel.

She looks at you with worry in her eyes. She's an ensign, freshly arrived on the Relentless. In your humble opinion she chose the wrong way. She's too sweet and delicate for war, but do her duty with application. You sigh.

"All is fine, ensign."

"Lieutenant Commander, we are arriving." The sensor officer warns you.

You shake your head and approach the bay of the cockpit. What are you supposed to do with an Arquitens command cruiser all alone here? It is not a terrible ship by any means but your experience teached you they are more efficient when they're at least two.

You shake your head again, it is so rare for a Lieutenant Commander to get to command an Arquitens. You should have got a much smaller ship, maybe Admiral Konstantine knows about your delay in your career and judged you for your experience.

It is useless to tergiversate. You have a ship and a mission, that is all that matters. The rays of light let place to still stars and you arrive in a meteor field.

"Kray spit!" You let escape. "Did we touch anything?!"

The familiar sound of the keyboards resonates for a second.

"Negative! We are just at the border of the field."

You sigh of relief.

"I want a scan of the zone immediately. Steerman, find a way to navigate through the field."

Everyone goes to work and the Sparrow slowly gets out of the field to bypass it.

"Scan completed, Lieutenant Commander! Four ships detected. They are identified as small cruisers and X-wings!"

You frown. That's definitely not merchants.

"Approach us. Let's see what they'll do."

The Sparrow gains speed and slowly you come to notice the four ships. The cruisers are linked to each other like they are exchanging something while the X-wings are standing aside at a reasonable distance, like they're guarding them and surveilling the surroundings.

You press the radio button.

"This is Lieutenant Commander (Y/l/n) of the Sparrow of the Imperial Navy. Identify yourself."

You wait for a response.

But nothing come.

At the second you finish your sentence, a jolt shakes all the ships like they are taken by surprise. The X-wings start their motors and tilt towards you, the two cruisers seem to detach themself in precipitation, judging by their shudders. The X-wing end their rotations and speed towards you.

You sigh. Another battle.

"TIE interceptors, intercept!"

A small flock of TIE leaves your ship and spreads towards the X-wings. Those immediately divert, maneuvering to skirt them. You follow the ballet for a second before going back to the cruisers, they are detaching themself and the bigger one seems maneuvering to escape while the smaller one prepares itself for a fight